Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.
Never use your own money. Steal a good idea and say it's your own. Do anything to get publicity. Remember that everybody can be bought.
Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to let the skunks choose the weapons.
The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way it was passed was sleazy. Every old Washington trick was used to pass the healthcare bill.
Am deeply disappointed. Your campaign had dignity and elevation and was in the best American tradition. I am rather frightened by the influences which prevented it from succeeding.
Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws.
One arises from a low to a high station more often by using fraud instead of force.
I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all.
There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.
The second a political consultant tries to play dirty tricks, it will backfire, and it will hurt that candidate.